Don't believe the hype.

Rating: 3/10 (1 November 2002)

I went into this movie with really high hopes. Sounded like a cool premise and it was supposed to be really scary. I wish.
Yeah, it's scary if your short-term memory lasts 2 seconds. What was that 'whoosh' that just went by the screen? Oooh, must mean a scary thing is going to happen. Hey, that guy is standing in front of a pane of glass which is a given a little too much screen presence, I wonder what's going to happen? Give me a break.
This movie looks *exactly* like 'Dog Soldiers,' and I think if you spliced the two movies together no one would even notice. The lone walk through London is nothing compared to Tom Cruise's similar scene in 'Vanilla Sky.' And that digital camera thing? So five years ago. Any scene where action happens, especially with the 'infecteds,' goes by in a blur as if there was something to hide. Infecteds bellow, guy turns around, boom boom, shot ya with my gun, next scene. Yawn.
The only good thing about this movie (besides the soundtrack) is the acting, which was the only thing that made me not wish I had brought a book and reading light to this movie. Come on, give us some real scary movies, ones that make us think. Blood and guts and cheap scares don't work. If this is the best British horror movie of all time (as some critic said) then the genre is doomed.